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Table 6 Frequencies of T cell subsets [Median (IQR)]

From: Profiling B and T cell immune responses to co-infection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and hookworm in humans

Subset

HC

HW

TB

TB + HW

T cell (%)

65.5 (62.0–73.4)

60.9 (58.5–74.3)

65.2 (62.4–74.2)

72.2 (65.4–73.0)

Regulatory T cell (%)

0.9 (0.5–1.1)

0.9 (0.2–1.1)

0.7 (0.6–0.8)

1.3 (0.8–1.5)

Activated CD4+ T cell (%)

13.6 (8.5–16.4)

10.2 (8.9–17.7)

10.4 (8.0–12.6)

5.4 (3.9–10.8)

Exhausted CD4+ T cell (%)

8.4 (6.3–11.0)

9.4 (7.0–11.7)

7.8 (7.0–12.3)

11.4 (9.7–14.8)

Activated CD8+ T cell (%)

5.4 (4.4–8.0)

4.6 (4.1–6.1)

4.1 (3.5–6.6)

3.6 (2.7–5.2)

Exhausted CD8+ T cell (%)

9.4 (6.7–11.4)

10.8 (8.3–13.4)

7.6 (5.3–10.4)

11.2 (9.6–12.3)

  1. IQR: interquartile range; HC: healthy controls without PTB or hookworm infection; HW: patients only with hookworm infection; TB: PTB cases without hookworm infection; TB + HW: PTB cases co-infected with hookworm.